…a boomer muses about life, change, joys, sorrows and freedom from the prison of corporate life.

What Is It With Some People?

Is it a sign of getting old to find yourself dismayed by the increasing lack of consideration and downright arrogance of some people? If so, then I’m getting old!

Here’s a case in point. I mentioned in an earlier post that the townhouse next to mine is for sale. I also mentioned how the neighbor on the other side of that house decided to tear up and replant not only her landscape bed, but her neighbor’s, as well. Now both beds are full of dying flowers and weeds. Now that, in itself, is pretty inconsiderate. I mean, it’s one thing to trash your own property, but something else altogether to diminish the value of a house that’s on the market. But, that’s what she did. And, that is not all…

There’s one other thing this same neighbor has been doing that is bugging the heck out of me. Every single night either she or her boyfriend parks a car in the driveway of the house that’s for sale and leaves it there until they leave sometime the next day. And they’ve been doing it for about three weeks! What’s that about?

At first, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I figured that maybe they were working on some project that took up one whole side of their garage. But that’s not it. I was leaving the other day at the same time the boyfriend was getting ready to back out of the garage, and their whole garage is completely empty! Besides, there is room on their own driveway for two cars.

So then I thought that maybe the Realtor or owner asked them to park there for some reason. But the Realtor says absolutely not! In fact, she was going to ask them to stop since the house is being shown again. BUT…they’re still doing it! I have a feeling that when she went over to ask them to move it, they simply didn’t answer the door.

But, the big question is – WHY are they doing it? I just don’t get it! Is it just me, or are they being awfully presumptuous? Where I come from, this would be called “trespassing,” whether someone was living there or not!

Now I know that this has nothing to do with me personally, but I feel it has everything to do with the world we’re living in today. Does everyone feel they have a sense of entitlement to do whatever they choose? Whatever happened to respecting the property of others? I don’t know why it makes me feel so angry since it’s not my property…but I’ll admit it does.

So, am I just losing it? Do you see anything wrong with this? Do you have a theory as to why they’re doing this? If so, please explain it to me in the comments. Let me assure you once more that when you comment, your identity and email address remain confidential. I’d just really like to get other views on this, because, honestly, it has me stumped!